But from the top of the pile to the bottom--through 360 letters written on
360 different kinds of paper--there runs only one tip. And in the 360
different kinds of handwriting there runs only one story.
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"There is a man I see almost every day on my way home from work," writes
one, "and I think he would make a good story. There is something queer
about him. He keeps mumbling to himself all the time." This tip is on
plain stationery.
"--and I see the old woman frequently," writes another. "Nobody knows who
she is or what she does. She is sure a woman of mystery. You ought to be
able to get a good story out of her." This tip is on pink stationery.
"I think you can find him around midnight walking through the city hall.
He walks through the hall every midnight and whistles queer tunes. Nobody
has ever talked to him and they don't know what he does there. There is
certainly a queer story in that man." This tip is written on a business
letterhead.
"She lives in a back room and so far as anybody knows has no occupation.
There's something awfully queer about her and I've often wondered what the
mystery about her really was. Won't you look her up and write it out? Her
address is--" This tip is on monogrammed paper.
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